Category: Songs

  • My Songwriting Process in 10 Steps

    My Songwriting Process in 10 Steps

    Earlier, I posted about using Soundslice to write my latest song, “Two Trees”. Today, I’ll give you the origin story of “Two Trees” as a case study for how to generate lyric ideas and to develop a song. I recently joined a women’s songwriting circle. As the first assignment, each of us were challenged to…

  • Song: 451

    Song: 451

    I wrote this song, called “451”, in honor of Banned Books Week. I blogged about the process here. It is set to a C Minor 12 bar blues. Cm, Fm, Cm, CmFm, Fm, Cm, CmG7, (Ab7, G7), Cm, G7 First repeat: Call the firemen, RayWe’re gonna have a burn Call the firemen, RayWe’re gonna have…

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